Kevin Munday

I'm passionate about enabling young people to achieve their full potential. I have developed innovative approaches to engagement and learning, together with a strong focus on social impact, which result in young people achieving better education and employment outcomes. I was recognised in the 2019 Social Entrepreneurs Index for my work as Chief Executive of City Year UK and have previously founded and grown organisations such as ThinkForward, the Young Lambeth Cooperative and the Centre for Youth Impact.

At City Year UK our full-time volunteer mentors act as role models and tutors, supporting pupils from disadvantaged communities to enjoy and succeed at school. Over the course of their City Year, they also have the opportunity to develop as leaders, with the passion, values, experience and skills to lead transformational change in their communities long after their year of social action.

Prior to joining City Year UK, I was the founding Chief Executive of ThinkForward, a programme providing young people with long term and intensive support to ensure that they make a successful transition from school to work. ThinkForward was incubated in Impetus - The Private Equity Foundation and I previously worked with them as an Investment Director.

Before creating ThinkForward, I worked in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, where I was Deputy Head of Youth Services and then Head of 14-19 Development. Other roles included as Deputy Chief Executive of the National Council for Voluntary Youth Services and with the national charities Community Matters and St. John Ambulance. I am a qualified youth worker and teacher and have an MBA from Ashridge Business School. I am currently completing a Doctorate in Education at The University of Cambridge.

In my spare time I am a trustee of the Centre for Youth Impact, a director of the Catch 22 Multi Academies Trust and the volunteer National Commissioner, Young People for St. John Ambulance. Previous positions have included as Chair of the British Youth Council, Vice Chair of the Commonwealth Youth Exchange Council and as a trustee of the National Youth Agency. I am a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, the Clore Social Leadership programme, the Society for Education and Training and the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust. I was named by The Guardian in 2008 as one of the 'Future 500' leaders in public life, by Striding Out in 2011 as one of the UK’s top 100 Social Entrepreneurs and in 2018 led the team which won a City of London Dragon Award for responsible business.